Dr. Michael L. Callaham M.D.
Emergency Physician
505 Parnassus Ave San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Michael Callaham practices Emergency Medicine in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Callaham assesses patients who seek immediate medical attention at any time of day or night. Emergency Medicine Physicians are trained to efficiently work with each patient and situation no matter how acute or life-threatening. Dr. Callaham examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Francisco, Sch of Med, San Francisco Ca 1970
University of California 1970
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- State of the journal.
- Ability of laypersons to estimate short time intervals in cardiac arrest.
- Author perception of peer review: impact of review quality and acceptance on
- Research into peer review and scientific publication: journals look in the mirror.
- Journal policy on ethics in scientific publication.
- Upgrading our instructions for authors.
- Active compression-decompression resuscitation: a novel method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Journal updates for 2005.
- Does lack of a usual source of care or health insurance increase the likelihood of an emergency department visit? Results of a national population-based study.
- Characteristics of frequent users of emergency departments.
- The relationship of previous training and experience of journal peer reviewers to subsequent review quality.
- Prophylaxis with zidovudine (AZT) after exposure to human immunodeficiency virus: a brief discussion of the issues for emergency physicians.
- Are the uninsured responsible for the increase in emergency department visits in the United States?
- On turning 40.
- Testing new ideas: is a picture worth a thousand words?
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